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EP 1 176 988 A1

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(43) Date of publication: 06.02.2002 Bulletin 2002/06 (21) Application number: 00919400.2 (22) Date of filing: 14.03.2000

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7: A61K 51/00, A61M 36/14 (86) International application number: PCT/US0006/546 (87) International publication number: WO 0056/369 (28.09.2000 Gazette 2000/39)

(84) Designated Contracting States: AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE Designated Extension States: AL LT LV MK RO SI (71) Applicant: Isotope Solutions, Inc. Garden City, NY 11530 (US)	(72) Inventor: ORDER, Stanley, E. Old Westbury, NY 11568 (US) (74) Representative: Shaw, Laurence  Laurence Shaw & Associates, 5th Floor Metropolitan House, 1 Hagley Road Edgbaston, Birmingham B16 8TG Edgbaston, Birmingham B16 8TG (GB)